Singapore Shares Fall 1.8%
On Uncertainty in Malaysia

SINGAPORE -- Malaysia's political turmoil pushed down share prices in Singapore, raised anxiety about the island's economic outlook and steered more people here to money changers to sell ringgit.

The stock market's Straits Times Index lost 1.8%, or 15.15 points, to close at 812.70. More dramatically, the UOB-OTC Index that tracks Singapore's over-the-counter market, made up almost entirely of Malaysian shares, plummeted 15% to 169.20. The over-the-counter market has been plunging since Monday, when Malaysia said it...